Density Functional Theory Investigation into the B and Ga Doped Clean and Water Covered γ-Alumina Surfaces by Lihong Cheng, Tianliang Xu, Wenkui Li, Zhiqin Chen, Jianping Ai, Zehua Zhou, Jianwen Liu

“…The γ-alumina surface is found to have stronger adsorption ability for water than the B and Ga incorporated surface. …”
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Engineering extracellular vesicles for ROS scavenging and tissue regeneration by Ahmed Abdal Dayem, Ellie Yan, Minjae Do, Yoojung Kim, Yeongseo Lee, Ssang-Goo Cho, Deok-Ho Kim

“…Emerging as a safer and potentially more effective alternative, extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from stem cells exhibit remarkable abilities to activate critical signaling cascades, thereby facilitating tissue repair. …”
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A Novel Cloud-Based Temperature Monitoring Service to Datacenter Environment by Mustafa Ibrahim Khaleel, Najmadin Wahid Boskany, Miran Taha Abdulla

“…The simulation results showed that our heuristic had the ability to control the temperature per datacenter approximately 63%. …”
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Enhancing the texture of fat-free yogurt with Panax ginseng leaf-stem extract and casein: Focusing on their softening effect by Dong Hyun Keum, Hyun Ju Lee, Ji Hwan Ryoo, Sung Gu Han

“…Casein-induced lumpy texture was minimized by GE without compromising the syneresis-preventing ability of casein. Sensory evaluation confirmed the soft texture and acceptable taste of the GE-supplemented yogurt. …”
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The Influences of the Model Configuration on the Simulation of Stratospheric Northern-Hemisphere Polar Vortex in the CMIP5 Models by Zelin Cai, Ke Wei, Luyang Xu, Xiaoqing Lan, Wen Chen, Debashis Nath

“…This study assesses the abilities of the Fifth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) and CMIP3 models to simulate the boreal winter stratospheric polar vortex. …”
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Differential Evolutionary Constraints in the Evolution of Chemoreceptors: A Murine and Human Case Study by Ricardo D’Oliveira Albanus, Rodrigo Juliani Siqueira Dalmolin, José Luiz Rybarczyk-Filho, Mauro Antônio Alves Castro, José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira

“…Chemoreception is among the most important sensory modalities in animals. Organisms use the ability to perceive chemical compounds in all major ecological activities. …”
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Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in Children with a Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study by Amineh Koravand, Benoît Jutras, Maryse Lassonde

“…In contrast, negative MMR data suggest that the amplification provided by the hearing aids could have allowed children with hearing loss to develop adequate discriminative abilities.…”
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Antibacterial Effect of Black Pepper Petroleum Ether Extract against Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium by Wenxue Chen, Hui Tang, Ningxin Jiang, Qiuping Zhong, Yueying Hu, Haiming Chen, Weijun Chen

“…The results showed that the BPPE had a strong antimicrobial activity against L. monocytogenes and S. typhimurium, and 2-methylene-4,8,8-trimethyl-4-vinyl-bicyclo[5.2.0]nonane (9.36%) and caryophyllene oxide (4.85%) were identified as the two primary components of BPPE. The ability of cells to break down hyperoxide was decreased, and the activities of POD and CAT were inhibited. …”
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Calcium Alginate and Calcium Alginate-Chitosan Beads Containing Celecoxib Solubilized in a Self-Emulsifying Phase by Lorena Segale, Lorella Giovannelli, Paolo Mannina, Franco Pattarino

“…The experimental results demonstrated that the presence of chitosan in the formulation caused an increase of the mechanical resistance of the bead structure and, as a consequence, a limitation of the bead swelling ability and a decrease of the drug release rate at neutral pH. …”
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Impacts of Land Cover Change on the Near-Surface Temperature in the North China Plain by Ruijie Qu, Xiaolin Cui, Haiming Yan, Enjun Ma, Jinyan Zhan

“…This study first tested and verified the ability of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to simulate the near-surface temperature in the North China Plain. …”
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Investigation of photophysical properties and potential biological applications of substituted tris(polypyridyl)ruthenium(II) complexes by T. Sumitha Celin, G. Allen Gnana Raj, T. S. Prathima, M. M. Balamurali

“…The potential of these complexes to serve as bioanalytes was investigated by their ability to bind with quinones, the well-known electron mediators in numerous light-driven reactions. …”
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Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes: A Potential Alternative Therapeutic Agent in Orthopaedics by John Burke, Ravindra Kolhe, Monte Hunter, Carlos Isales, Mark Hamrick, Sadanand Fulzele

“…Specifically, stem cell-derived exosomes have demonstrated great ability to provide therapeutical benefits. Exosomal products can include miRNA, other genetic products, proteins, and various factors. …”
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Do domestic budgerigars perceive predation risk? by Chang Wang, Xueqi Zhao, Baodan Tao, Jiaqi Peng, Haitao Wang, Jiangping Yu, Longru Jin

“…However, there has been little research on the ability of domestic birds to perceive predation risk and thus adjust their feeding behavior. …”
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Development of a Semi-Automated Decision-Making Method for the Resilience of Urban Healthcare Systems in Crisis Situations by Oksana Mulesa, Vladimir Ondrejicka, Oleksii Yehorchenkov, Nataliia Yehorchenkova, Lubomir Jamecny, Marianna Marusynets

“…The results of experimental verification confirmed the ability of the method to adapt to dynamic changes, increase the accuracy of decision-making, and reduce response time. …”
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Effect of Web Openings on Flexural Behaviour of Underground Metro Station RC Beams under Static and Cyclic Loading by Ting-jin Liu, Si-wei Chen, Zi-hang Feng, Hong-yuan Liu

“…The results suggest that the existence of the openings decreases the loadbearing capacity, ductility, stiffness, and energy dissipation ability of the RC beams. Moreover, the results show that the corners of the openings are the weakest parts of the beams. …”
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IDO1 inhibits ferroptosis by regulating FTO-mediated m6A methylation and SLC7A11 mRNA stability during glioblastoma progression by Qianting Tian, Guixue Dan, Xuyan Wang, Jiamei Zhu, Chaochun Chen, Dekun Tang, Ziming Wang, Dan Chen, Shan Lei, Chao Yang, Houmei Wang, Bing Guo, Bangming Jin, Tengxiang Chen, Lei Tang

“…Abstract Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) has been recognized as an enzyme involved in tryptophan catabolism with immunosuppressive ability. This study determined to investigate the impact of IDO1 on glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cells. …”
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D-tryptophan triggered epithelial-mesenchymal transition by activating TGF-β signaling pathway by Chong Wang, Fangting Wang, Yanbo Wang, Linglin Fu

“…Moreover, D-tryptophan promoted the expression of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) 1, and Smad4 knockout damages D-tryptophan's ability. These results indicated that D-tryptophan stimulated HaCaT cells to produce TGF-β1 and thus activated the TGF-β/Samd pathway, resulting in the triggering of EMT. …”
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The Neurovascular Properties of Dental Stem Cells and Their Importance in Dental Tissue Engineering by Jessica Ratajczak, Annelies Bronckaers, Yörg Dillen, Pascal Gervois, Tim Vangansewinkel, Ronald B. Driesen, Esther Wolfs, Ivo Lambrichts, Petra Hilkens

“…Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies supporting the angiogenic, neuroprotective, and neurotrophic effects of the DSC secretome. Together with their ability to differentiate into endothelial cells and neural cell types, this makes DSCs suitable candidates for dental tissue engineering and nerve injury repair.…”
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Removal Efficiency of Cr6+ by Indigenous Pichia sp. Isolated from Textile Factory Effluent by Pablo M. Fernández, María M. Martorell, Julia I. Fariña, Lucia I. C. Figueroa

“…Resistance of the indigenous strains P. jadinii M9 and P. anomala M10, to high Cr6+ concentrations and their ability to reduce chromium in culture medium was studied. …”
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Toward an Executive Origin for Acquired Phonological Dyslexia: A Case of Specific Deficit of Context-Sensitive Grapheme-to-Phoneme Conversion Rules by Noémie Auclair-Ouellet, Marion Fossard, Marie-Catherine St-Pierre, Joël Macoir

“…Phonological dyslexia is a written language disorder characterized by poor reading of nonwords when compared with relatively preserved ability in reading real words. In this study, we report the case of FG, a 74-year-old man with phonological dyslexia. …”
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